My Winnie, from Winnepeg, (Manitoba or wherever) YES! Deaf as a post! A Badger face! Now almost all silver! Bites me EVERY time I open the cage to get any ferret! He was ill a month ago and stopped biting. I was SO happy that he took to biting again-only because that's ALL I have to go by as to his state of mind! A bloody hand. The ONLY ferret I ever had to bite.....unless under extreme duress! They are NOT skunks! They are MUCH sweeter and more approachable! Even Winnie won't bite unless threatened! (Too bad a threat is a simple command to be picked up!) Karen [Posted in FML issue 2155]